Chapter Thirty: Su Xingfeng's Guidance

  In the following days, Su Jin could only watch the development of the situation in frustration. The matter had already shown a tendency to escalate, and after three consecutive days of publishing commentaries, on the fourth day, experts and scholars even began to make special comments on TV, of course, there would be no favorable words for Su Jin.

  Although Boss Fat also organized some gunmen to engage in a war of words with the other side on newspapers, unfortunately, the strength of both sides was severely mismatched. Whether it was the reputation and strength of the gunmen or the influence of the newspapers, they were far inferior to their opponents. After several days, it was just a drop in the bucket and had no effect!

  Su Jinxin was feeling depressed, and in two days, it would be the Writing Club's activity class again. Although he had a mind to participate, considering Principal Zou's gaze at him over the past two days didn't seem right, with a hint of wanting to say something but stopping himself. Su Jinxin felt that during this sensitive period, it was better to be cautious, so he asked Liu Mei to excuse himself and notified the club members that the activity class would be temporarily postponed.

  "Ugh, it's suffocating at school too. Recently, the teachers and classmates have been giving me weird looks. I'd better just go home!" Su Zhen muttered to himself. The commercial school was quite relaxed about this aspect, and students could come and go as they pleased. First-year students still needed to report to their teachers, but second- and third-year students were basically unsupervised. As for someone like Su Zhen who was a special student, of course he couldn't be held to the usual standards - he had long since naturally fallen in with the older students in his second and third years.

  Back home, Li Ping hasn't finished work yet. Su Xingfeng happened to come back quite early today and was watching TV in the living room. After all, being a deputy position is no match for the intensity of the main job. It's not that Su Xingfeng didn't want to work harder, but as a deputy, if you really show enthusiasm for your work and do your best, it's not necessarily a good thing. The main job would be unhappy, letting you do all the work, what would I do then? At that time, the most likely thing he could do is find something to do himself, which means finding trouble for you!

  So as a qualified deputy, the most important thing is to do only what you are supposed to do! You can do less, but absolutely cannot do more! Do not overstep your authority, and do not grab power, this way you will get praise from both superiors and subordinates!

  Su Jin walked over and plopped down on the sofa, staring at the TV without saying a word. Su Xingfeng turned his head to look at him and asked, "What's wrong, something happened?"

  Su Jin raised her head and looked at the ceiling, her eyes a bit dull, and muttered: "Nothing, just a little annoyed!"

  Su Xingfeng took a deep look at Su Jian, picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, then turned around to face Su Jian and said: "Is it because of what's on the newspaper and TV?"

  Su Jin was taken aback and turned her head to ask: "How did you know?"

  Su Xingfeng burst out laughing and said, "Silly kid! You really think you can hide that from me? Don't you remember who introduced you to Pangzi? Besides, in this small town of Gucheng, what doesn't your old man know?"

  "Uh!" For a moment, Su Chen really didn't know what to say, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Then do you have any way?"

  Su Xingfeng's eyes turned serious, looking at Su Nian and asked: "Put aside what methods for now, I want to ask you, have you decided to continue on this path forever?"

  "Huh?" Su Jian was taken aback, then immediately understood Su Xingfeng's meaning, and fell silent for a moment. After a while, Su Jian said: "That's right, I'm going to take this path, I've made up my mind!"

  "This road will be very difficult, and you can't rely on me for too much help. In this field, although there are some skills and experience, ultimately, to create your own success, you still need to rely on your own abilities. The competition is extremely fierce. Today's small problem may become a common occurrence in the future, and later you will encounter even greater difficulties. Are you fully prepared for all of these?" Su Xingfeng's eyes had a hint of non-committal, his tone was still calm, just like casual chatting.

  Su Jian lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then looked up at Su Xingfeng: "I know this road will be very difficult, and the future is uncertain! But I still want to take this road! Because this is the real road that belongs to me, only on this road can I walk out of my own splendor! Maybe I'll go to a good school, read well, get into a good university, and then enter politics through your connections. I'll live comfortably and happily, but I don't want that. I don't want people to say that I'm Su Xingfeng's son when they mention me. I want people to recognize me! Me myself! Maybe I'll fail, maybe I'll be trampled underfoot, but at least I've fought for my ideals, my goals, and myself. When I grow old, when I approach death, I won't regret it, and I won't have lived in vain!"

  Su Xingfeng looked at Su Jian, a satisfied expression gradually appearing on his face, and a hint of pride also gradually emerging in his eyes! This is my son! This is my son! This is the one who can be my son!

  "Alright, I hope that one day when people mention me, they will say, 'This is Su Jin's father!'" Su Xingfeng said with a faint smile.

  "Dad! You agreed!" Su Jin looked at Su Xingfeng in surprise, with a hint of moisture in the corners of her eyes.

  He was indeed surprised, and even a little unbelievable! He was very clear about the status of the Internet in people's minds, especially in the minds of government officials like Su Hangfeng! Even if online literature has developed into an existence that cannot be ignored in later generations, and can rival traditional literature, it will still be looked down upon by many people, especially these officials, these elite members of Chinese society, who have a natural disdain for the entire online literature!

  But today, when online literature has just emerged and everyone thinks it's not going to last long, his father, the deputy mayor of a second-tier city, actually supports his son in pursuing this career. This is not like other fathers who ignore their sons' endeavors, but rather he listened patiently to his son's ideas and supported his dreams and beliefs with all his heart. This kind of support contains a father's deepest love for his son. People say "fatherly love is like a mountain" or "fatherly love is heavy", but Su Jin had never truly understood it until now, having only experienced his father Su Xingfeng's scolding and disappointment in him over the past decade. But today, Su Jin finally understands what fatherly love is - it's not explicitly expressed, yet it's always there.

  Su Xingfeng waved his hand and smiled, saying: "Since you've decided, what's there for me to disagree with? We're not a political family, no need for everyone to develop in the political circle! Alright, tell me about your current situation, are you worried about it?"

  Su Jin smiled foolishly, and immediately her face was filled with a worried expression. "There's nothing good to say about this matter," she said. "Things are just like that, and the newspapers and TV haven't been randomly slandering us either. But the more it is like this, the harder it is to deal with. If they were to slander us recklessly, we could still clear things up, and even make them lose face. But now, it's as if I have nothing to say!"

  "Heh." Su Xingfeng smiled lightly and said, "I think you've entered a misunderstanding. The saying 'when you're on the right path, many will help; when you're not, few will' is correct, but it also depends on whether this 'help' has any effect. When doing anything, you must distinguish what's important, which factors can be strived for and must be strived for, which factors cannot be strived for no matter how hard you try, and which factors are completely unnecessary. Only when you've clarified these issues will your actions have a goal, and many seemingly insoluble problems will become easily solved!"

  "What are the things that you can fight for and must fight for, what are the things that no matter how hard you try, you can't get, and what are the things that are completely unnecessary?" Su Jin muttered to himself, his eyes shining brighter and brighter. Suddenly, Su Jin looked up, his face filled with admiration, and said to Su Xingfeng: "I understand now, Dad, you really deserve to be the vice mayor of this ancient city!"

  At this moment, Su Jin looked at Su Xingfeng with a gaze that was both astonished and regretful. Astonished by his father's ability, which was truly extraordinary, he himself had also been tempered for several years in the later generations, and Fatong was also a business elite, Li Bing was even more of a top-notch talent, but unfortunately, even if the three of them added up, they were not comparable to Su Xingfeng. No wonder people say that "the reason why China's various aspects have always been unable to catch up with Western countries is because China's most top-notch and smartest group of people are all in the officialdom!"

  It's a pity that with Su Xingfeng's talent, he only served as the municipal party secretary for one term and then retired. It's really regrettable. In Su Jian's eyes, Su Xingfeng had all the qualifications to become a provincial official, but considering the complexities of officialdom, it's not possible to comment solely based on ability. So Su Jian could only be calm and composed about it.

  Su Jin stood up and walked towards his room. Earlier, he had just gotten an idea, now he wanted to think about how to do it specifically. At this moment, he suddenly received a notification!

  "Ding! Host meets requirements, officially becomes a cultural vanguard, rank of junior lieutenant, position of squad leader, rank comes with skill of rhetoric, position comes with skill of leading by example (level 1)"

  What's going on? I've never discovered this before! Su Jin was stunned, wasn't this system only able to exchange materials? Could it actually level up? What is this Cultural Vanguard thing?

  Su Jian quickly entered the system to take a closer look, and when he truly understood its function, looking at the introduction of military rank attached skills on the page, Su Jian's smile grew bigger and bigger, until he couldn't help but burst out laughing!

  In the depths of the night, the loud laughter sounded so crazy that even Su Hangfeng, who was sitting in the living room, couldn't help but frown repeatedly. What's going on? Could it be that he can't think of a way and is driving himself mad? That's not possible, I've already given him directions, and judging from his performance just now, even if he doesn't know exactly what to do, he should have a general idea by now. Even if he didn't know, he could still come ask me, why did he have to be like this?!

  Su Xingfeng was at a loss, Su Jing obviously didn't care about these anymore. At this time, he only had one thought in his mind: "Really, heaven is helping me!" This skill came just in time. Look at this... no, not just this time, even in the future, I finally have an artifact that can kill gods and Buddhas!